Danielle Rose – The Saint That Is Just Me chords

Beautiful song and beautiful woman... may we all become saints for the love of 
Christ! For simplicity's sake, if you prefer, you can forget the fancy chords and 
just do D's and G's. It will pretty much sound the same. Pax et bonum


Intro: D D2 Dsus D Gadd2 x2

  D                            Gadd2I thought I'd be heroic and inspiring.
             Dadd2                      Gadd2 I wanted to offer you the greatest sacrifice.
Bm                                  A  Like all the saints who'd gone before me,
           Gadd2                      A7susI tried to prove my love for you, and so to gain the prize.
   D                             Gadd2I thought I'd be a martyr like Cecilia.
             D                      Gadd2I hoped I'd disappear like Saint Therese,
           Bm                                  AOr wear a hidden crown of thorns like Rose of Lima,
    Gadd2             AsusTo heal the sick and raise the dead.


          Bm                          Asus AWhen you hung upon the cross looking at me,
            Gadd2                   A7susYou didn't die so I would try to be somebody else.
    D A/C# Gadd2    D       Gadd2     A7     D   D2 Dsus D Gsus2You died so I could be the saint that is just me.

D   D2 Dsus D Gsus2

  D                                Gadd2I wanted to be poor and free like Francis,
    D                                Gadd2To cut off my long hair like lovely Clare.
   Bmadd2                     ATo be faithful like Mother Teresa in the darkness,
    Gadd2                   AsusLord, won't you make me just like her?
            D                             Gadd2I tried to kneel for hours in the chapel corner,
          D                              Gadd2To persevere like Paul with all my sleepless nights,
         Bm                                   ATo stay awake and trim my lamp with ten wise virgins,
    Gadd2                         Aadd4                 To really give the devil a good fight.



          Bm                          Asus AWhen you hung upon the cross looking at me,
            Gadd2                   A7susYou didn't die so I would try to be somebody else.
    D A/C# Gadd2    D       Gadd2     A7     BmYou died so I could be the saint that is just me.
  Dmaj7/A       G            Aadd4Just me, you died just for me.
    Bmadd7      Dmaj7/A  Gadd2         AsusJust me, just me,   you died just for me.


     D                          Gadd2You saw that I was perfectly imperfect.
   D/A                         G      Bmadd2/AO happy fault, the sin of Adam's pride.
                        AThat's the reason that you became man,
     Gadd2                        A7susAnd bore the new Eve from your wounded side.
        D                               G(add2)/DIf it weren't for my sins or wounds or weakness,
            D                      Gadd2      A   Bmadd2Then you wouldn't have married me upon the cross.
                     AWhy do I fear being seen naked and broken?
   Gadd2                       Aadd4That's why you came; 'cause I need you that much.


          Bmadd2                      Asus  AWhen you hung upon the cross looking at me,
Asus        Gadd2                    A7susYou didn't die so I would try to be somebody else.
    D   A       Gadd2 D        Gadd2   A       D D2 Dsus D Gadd2You died so I could be the saint that is just me.


D  D2  Dsus  D  G  G/A  D